President Sakellaropoulou stresses need for Evros support

The great problems caused by the fires in Evros and especially those in the forest of Dadia dominated the meeting between the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou with the mayor of Soufli, Panagiotis Kalakikos, representatives of organisations, professionals and entrepreneurs.

The president referred to the natural wealth of the area which is at risk and underlined that it is now even more necessary to support the region.

The mayor of Soufli, Panagiotis Kalakikos, expressed alarm over the further desolation of the Evros prefecture, as several professions are being hit hard by the fires, and asked for brave and bold decisions to be taken.

The situation in beekeeping is tragic, according to the data presented by the former mayor of Soufli and president of the Beekeeping Association of Central Evros, Paschalis Christodoulou.

Autumn is the most important season for beekeeping and beekeepers have nowhere to go for bees to find unburnt areas, and the beekeeping park may not have burned, but it was severely damaged by the high heat load caused by the fires.